Healthcare Bridge Podcast
The Healthcare Bridge
*The Healthcare Bridge,* hosted by Nathan Kaufman, dives into the complex world of healthcare finance and politics with clarity and insight. Each episode features expert guests alongside Kaufman’s sharp analysis, offering listeners practical perspectives on the forces shaping America’s healthcare landscape. Link to CommonBridge.sUbStack.com
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Oct. 21, 2025
How A Neurosurgeon Heals Broken Spines Within A Broken Health System.
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Nate Kaufman's Conversation with Dr. Rod Oskouian
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There are lots of academics and policy wonks out there who talk about what we need to do to improve our healthcare system. My feeling is, if you want to know what to do to improve the healthcare system, let’s talk to people who actually deliver healthcare. Rod is a world-renowned neurosurgeon practicing up in Seattle. Rod, why don’t you give us a little background of your origin story and a little bit about your current practice.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Sept. 25, 2025
Healthcare at a Tipping Point
Cat Herding 101: A Spine Surgeons Guide to Healthcare Leadership
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Nate Kaufman's Conversation with Dr. Leo Spector
Our goal is to provide an insider’s perspective on our complex, crazy healthcare system. Today, my guest is Dr Leo Spector, the CEO of OrthoCarolina, and a renowned spine surgeon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Leo, welcome.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast Sept. 5, 2025
The Healthcare System is Broken...but we can fix it.
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Nate Kaufman's Conversation with Dr. Jeff Goldsmith
Our goal is to provide an insider's perspective on our crazy healthcare system. Today, we have a true insider and a good friend of mine, Dr Jeff Goldsmith. Jeff, greetings, why don't we start with your origin story?
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Give us a little background on your education, your experience, and we will go from there.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast July 29, 2025
The Crisis of Healthcare Economics: How Marketing Must Evolve.
A Conversation with Brandon Edwards
Welcome to the Healthcare Bridge. I'm Nate Kaufman, and our purpose here is to provide an insider's perspective to our crazy healthcare system. I continue to work with physicians in hospitals all over the country, and today, we are fortunate to have as a guest Brandon Edwards, who, in my opinion, is probably the leading authority on healthcare marketing and branding in our country.
Nate Kaufman Hosts the Healthcare Bridge Podcast July 1, 2025
Who Guards the Guardians? Inside Healthcare Governance
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Nate Kaufman's Conversation with Jamie Orlikoff
Jamie Orlikoff, renowned governance consultant and active health system board member, joins host Nathan Kaufman to reveal the dramatic transformation of healthcare governance from ceremonial volunteer boards to professionalized leadership structures. With startling candor, Orlikoff explains that what once made hospital boards work—community connections and social relationships—now often prevents them from making necessary but difficult decisions.
